Mesut Önem

Head of the Department of Environmental Protection and Control at Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality

Graduated from Sakarya University, Faculty of engineering as a environmental engineering. Worked as a technical staff and branch manager in Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality since 2005, has been appointed as the Head of Environmental protection and Control Department from 2021 and still continues this duty. Subjects of expertise including licensing and inspection of industrial facilities, waste managment, zero waste, circular economy, marine pollution, water pollution, oil spill response, combating marine litter, blue economy, noise pollution, climate crisis, energy efficiency and sustainable protection of the environment with environmental awareness.